Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-12-10
"REMINISCENCES OF JETTT LIND.

I'm This Country-A Famous ME
wauKee Orgnni zatlon. 20
~ Was not surprised to hear of
Jenny Lind's death, said Pllueas,
Taylor Baruum, the prince Of show"
men. when called upon BY Ns,O York
Herald reporter.
He received a private dispatch from
Quo Goidschmidt, JENNY. Lini's nus
band, Morton Gardens. LolGOn. Eng
land, announcing the once-famous
niEhtingale's demise. and ut once
cabled a reply, in which he sad: 4
~, who. knew the peerless Jenny
Lind in private / fe as we'll AS IN public.
IS a woman and as an ar. st. appre-
ate the greatness Of your loss. Ac-
cept the sympathy of your old friend
Il brought Jenny Lind 70 this couu-
Try at a great risk" " continued the vet
eran shOman. land in spite of many
predictions of fa lure and financial
disaster. She had, As everyone almost
knows. a great reputation before she
came here and she was, moreover, verv
rich-worth at least SIUOO.OUQ. her
success Is a matter Of history.
Il remember nv first meeting with
the famous sOngstress- Il was Oh sum
day morning. sept. l. 1880, on board
the steamer Atlantic. at quarantine,
where | slept all night in tho residence
of DIR. A. 5. Doane, then the health
officer.
After a few moments conversation
with Ger she asked me where | had
heard her sing. 4 never had the
pleasure OF see ng yOu before in nv
hfe., Irepied. .How IS it possible that
you dared, ris. SO much money on a
person whom YOU never Heard sing2
she answered..1n surprise. i rsked it
on your reputation. VIII ch, in musical
matters. l would much rather have
than nv own Judgment answered
Although | relied upon Jenny Lind
reputation aS a great musical art ste, !
also took largely into my estimate of
her success with all classes of tie
American public her character tor ex-
traCrdinary beneyUiruce and generOS t..
Without this pecul arlty in her dispO~ =
ton l never would have dared make
the engagement whrh did.
'Jenn. Lind character for benevol-
ence became so generally known that
Gpr door was beset by persons asking
charity, and she as.in receipt while
in the principal CITES of numerous
letters all on the same subject. | know
If many instances in VIII ch she gave
sums of money to applicants var ing
from $50. $50. and $500 t0 81. 600. Ald
once she gavs 50, 600 to i Swedish
, frend. Jennie was in the habit of
attending church whenever she could
do. so without attracting notice. She
al WAYS preserved her national ty and
ALWAYS attended Swedish churches
whenever they could be found. She
gave $1,000 10 Swedish church n
Chicago. While ih Baltimore my
daughter Carol ne. WHO was .mistaken
l'the'ehoir.s " hat an exlu site singer
Heavenly soundsn Z never heard the
llker and" similar expressions were
,wh spered thr6ugh the. church.
Jenny Lind:wenttif ecstasi les over
! Daniel WeJster:during her reception at
Washington, at ,which thsek kpresident.
neubsS q tie: ca6inst. Ind others
| Were p <,k iadspr6viously In iro-
Issdncod ieYI webster IN Boston. He
was carried auanwtf her singing. Al
1 the recention - 3ofed her BY rs ii g.
| draJ wing himsl ! up TO ,hfs full he gift
4 md making . pnofound1 bow. .Ah,
\ Mr. Barnum. she exclaimed en- TIM ias-
| ticallH that is mani . Never before
4 hass2 zen such a man, A >.
.I relnember very distinctly how
Jenny PLAY ed a joke ON ma, or. rather,
ttaugft nezalesson. We. were, think,
in Philadelphia. MANY ladies called ia
be Introduced to her. bun she .pre ferred
not TO see them. Us she looked npon
J them asz< curiosity seekers. : i lady
friend Of mine called. atds after much
targument.I 1 ,sncce, ded in shrcducinc
her. Jenny larghin sdy ssaid. 4 ashalI
be delighted tOssee har. But her man
.ner and face suddenly ehangeii W he d
she SAID she did not know what to say
10 my friend. and expressed the hope
/ that | would refrain in future from in.
troducing those seeking a chance tC
shake Jenny by the hand. And | did
/ so.
"A funny incident. involving Horace
1 GreeIey, occurred upon Jenny's arI.iv-
aim New York Sire was received al
. the Irving house, that stood ut tll
northwest corner Of Broadway and
IA Chambers street Greeley came over
! with his trousers tucked into his boot,
and wearing his proverbial light-color-
ed overcOat. He started TO remove his
I ovarcpat whpn n fr and SAID. don L
it will destroy your idenity,' So ht
wore it to the room where Jenny was
and after an Introduction she said: 4
have heard so much about that over
cost that l wouldn't known you W th
out IL.
Jenny Lind. eaEe the ninety-fivt
concerts while in this country. and th'
aggregate receipts were SIP. 16l 34
averaging 81, 1868 each. The net re-
ceipts amounted to S176,67j OF hel
half of the receipts of the first two con
certs she devoted SO, 600 to charity II
New York. She afterward gav'
charity concerts in various cities.
Il met Mss Lind several times after
our engagement terminated. She wa
ALWAYS aifable. On one occasion while
passing through Bridgeport, she told
me she had been sadly harrassed n giv
ing her concerts. People cheat an
sw ndle me very much. sad she, 'an'
| find it verysannoying to 2 va concert
ON nv own account Size fina " wen
to Boston. where she married Ottt
Goldsmith. German composer anC
pianist"